Beanie Sigel Sentenced To Jail, Halfway House

Rapper Beanie Sigel is headed back to federal prison for violating his probation.

The Associated Press reports that Sigel was ordered to serve one day in federal prison and six months in a halfway house, after he was found guilty on Wednesday (Jan. 8) of a second probation violation for taking a trip to Atlantic City, N.J.

U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick also found the rapper (born Dwight Grant) guilty of being in contact with a convicted felon.

As a result, Sigel’s probation, which was originally set to end next month, was extended by 18 months.

The sentence is the latest setback for Sigel, who has been at the center of various legal situations in recent years.

The rapper, who spent a year in federal prison on a gun charge, was later acquitted of attempted murder in September 2005, a month after being released.

Later that same year, he was jailed briefly for failing to pay $27,000 in child support.

In 2006, Sigel continued to stay in the eyes of the law, when he told police he was shot by men who surrounded him and stole his cash and jewelry.